Josiah Redding

Hi, I’m Josiah. I do a lot of different things, like music, web development, real estate investing, and stock trading. I also do some weird stuff like travel hacking, international diversification, and random other adventures like mountaineering and scuba diving. This site mostly serves as a springboard to my other projects (see below), though I hope to also use it as an anchor for my quantified self activities.

Life Ambitions

To be involved in interesting projects and businesses all the time
To be able to explore interesting places and do interesting things
To be involved in the lives of other people like my grandparents were, mentoring and offering support wherever I can, and learning from others as I go

Current Projects

Easycators: my ThinkOrSwim download site featuring indicators and such
German language
Multiple citizenships
Another round-the-world trip, this time with my wife Tiffany
Various quantified self pursuits while working on fat loss, muscle growth, and improving blood markers
Building a completely online, self-service, flat fee (or even free) Realtor MLS listing service to circumvent the need to give all your equity to your Realtor in the form of commissions every time you sell a house
A personal trade journal and free education site
A travel, investing, and personal development blog

History

Born August 19th, 1983 in Charleston, WV
Had free-spirited parents and moved all over the U.S. while growing up
Learned to code in AppleSoft BASIC on my grandmother’s Apple IIgs at around 10-11 years old
Spent most of my formative years on a hillside farm driving tractors, moving mountains, felling trees, and building things
Spent my teen years learning music, being a worship leader, touring and singing harmony with all-vocal music groups, and finally launching a band called The Redding Brothers in 2003
To help the band, I learned some basic web development with CMS like Joomla, WordPress, and Drupal
Traveled to 10 countries with the band in 2008
Passed real estate exam and got license in 2009, soon after the market crashed. Bought a few investment properties.
Eventually went back to college in 2011
Traveled around the globe in 2012 with my brother Micah, visiting 14 countries and meeting 1 Peruvian leprechaun
Finished college in August 2013, earning a Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems
While in college, I started learning about technical day trading in stocks and other markets
After college, I finished grad school in a year in 2014 with an M.S. in Computer Information Systems
Have been trading, managing rental properties, and working on various web development projects ever since

Philosophy

The sovereignty of the individual over his/her own life and property
Rational self-interest
Free-market capitalism unencumbered by central banking, fiat currency, and government regulation

Trivia

I’m a PK / preacher’s kid
Lived in 6 different states multiple times: WV, OR, WA, OH, OK, TN
My family lived in the loft of a barn for 3 months one winter when I was a kid
Certified advanced open water diver
I play one computer game only: Starcraft
Licensed realtor
Travel experience in 48 U.S. states, 29 countries, 6 continents, and multiple war zones
I’ve healed headaches, made it snow for Christmas, and seen a leprechaun
Josiah = Yoshiyahu = יֹאשִׁיָהוּ = “Yahweh heals”

Personality

INFJ ?
Type 4 Enneagram

Stalk Me

Personal Twitter – ThinkOrSwim Twitter
Personal Facebook – ThinkOrSwim Facebook
Pinterest
LinkedIn
MyFitnessPal
Fitbit
GoodReads
TripIt
Vimeo
Flickr
Degreed
StackUp

My Weight Loss Goal

I’m on a mission to get in shape to climb Mt. Rainier with my brother on this Summer. To do that, my goal is to be under 180 by June 30th. You can read more about my story, see my progress, at MyFitnessPal.